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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Accrue \Ac*crue"\ ([a^]k*kr[udd]"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Accrued}; p. pr & vb n. {Accruing}.] [See {Accrue}, n., and cf {Accresce}, {Accrete}.] 1. To increase; to augment. And though power failed, her courage did accrue. --Spenser. 2. To come to by way of increase; to arise or spring as a growth or result; to be added as increase, profit, or damage, especially as the produce of money lent. ``Interest accrues to principal.'' --Abbott. The great and essential advantages accruing to society from the freedom of the press. --Junius. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Accrue \Ac*crue"\, n. [F. accr[^u], OF acre["u], p. p. of accroitre OF acroistre to increase; L. ad + crescere to increase. Cf {Accretion}, {Crew}. See {Crescent}.] Something that accrues; advantage accruing. [Obs.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: accrue v 1: grow by addition, as of capital: "The interest accrues" 2: come into the possession of "The house accrued to the oldest son" [syn: {fall}]
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